Read the full judgment text of CACC 000394/2008 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 June 2009.
1. On 19 November 2008 the applicant was convicted on his own plea of an offence of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, contrary to s. 17(a) of the Offences against the Person Ordinance, Cap. 212. He agreed a summary of facts which disclosed that he and the woman whom he had attacked, both 78 years of age, had been co-residents in a hostel for the elderly; the relationship between them was strained, albeit that the defendant was generally regarded as "difficult"; she was using a